Thursday, August 30, 2012

More silliness

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/30/electronic_tags_for_tv_musical_chairs/
This application reminds me of a "telepresence" application to identify if people using collaborative computing systems were still actually physically present - basically it used photoresistors to see if the chair was occupied.
 More academically - starting to see activity recognition coming into the mainstream - http://www.tru-it.rutgers.edu/publications/bodynets2011.pdf
Still waiting for the NFC Iphone, but Galaxy  III works well - now want a NFC tablet !
More silliness - http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/auckland-transport-ends-snapper-contract